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FUUD: Dean’s Drive-Inn in Kaneohe

On the prowl to find the best teriyaki beef


One of my favorite things to eat — at drive-ins and anywhere — is beef teriyaki.

But ever since the Kandas closed their lunch wagon at Kewalo Basin, I couldn’t find one that compared.

Until yesterday.

I had heard rave reviews about the beef teriyaki at Dean’s Drive-Inn in Kaneohe. My parents — also diehard Kanda fans — checked it out and nodded its approval. But I had to check it out for myself.

I had been meaning to try it for awhile now — Dean’s opened in 2006 — but I finally had an excuse to be on the windward side. So we pulled into the little strip mall off Kamehameha Highway and checked out the one thing I had been craving all week.

Here’s what our lunch looked like:

Find it first! (1 of 10)

Find it first!

That's really the first part of your challenge: finding Dean's. It's located in Adon Plaza, a small strip mall just off Kamehameha Highway that's incredibly easy to miss. (We did.)

Dean’s Drive-Inn, 45-773 Kamehameha Highway. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 to 4 p.m. Friday, closed Saturday. Phone: (808) 247-1300

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Annoddah_Dave 82 pts

CAT: Aaaiiiyyyaaahhh! Fuud Pix! Tenks! Did I read "Rack of Lamb" plate on the menu board? I would go for that, just for the novelty of having a rack from a drive-in! That would be special!

About Catherine E. Toth

Born and raised on O'ahu, Catherine E. Toth has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Daily Dish (www.thecatdish.com), for four years. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai'i for 10 years and continues to freelance — in between teaching journalism full time at Kapi'olani Community College, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight — for national and local print and online publications.

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